The Sunday herald., 1887-01-02
BORED BY HIS WEALTH.
The Life OF an Actor who Married a
MILTON,
tBlakely Hall in the Argonaut

tBlakely Hall In the Argonaut]
i am often amused at the remarkable change That
mas come over an actor who married a society
woman less than a year ago, and abruptly withdrew
from the realms OF grease, paint calcium lights tin
& sr,, oeap suppeis, iond clo.nes and silted utter
OF well-to-do and rather arIstocratIc people, when
he was ten years old he was member OF the Severn
tecntn-street crowd OF boys who came up to nv
street Saturday afternoons and aboriously and in
sistenly stoned us into several houses. II was
a 9m ,'s account that grew early TO regard
ne ran away from home and went on the stage. At
lnc age OF twenty he was stocky, powerfully built,
managed to distinguish himself In tho "profeasIon,
80 that at TWENTY-FIVE he was well-known leading
the greater part OF this distinction was due 10 the
handy use OF his nsts, and his championship OF
Young women OF more or less romantic disposition
stage managers OF the companies in which nv friend
the actor chanced TO act. His method In dealing
with The outraged proprlctles in these Instances
the stage manager on the spot, posed as hero for
the rest Of the day, and sought another engagement
good, all-around names, like Hamilton, Granville,
Hutchinson, etc.. which may easily become arls-
t0cratic by prenXing catching Christian name.
one day in the summer he found himself in sara
toga, where he met plump and genial widow with
q cool million OF her own and a recognized position
IN society. Within ayear he had married her. with.
drawing from all his old associations in town, takeh
threc,non,lis TRIP TO Europe. put N shott sea-
again, the observed of all observers the most exclu.
slvc and siaid OF society pillars an exemplary hus.
band. and man OF the most stawari and rigid hau-
teur. Last night, after asupper In Delmonco's, !
ran across him accidentally for the FIRST time since
his marriage. ] was trying to decide whether TO
chose the latter course. Pending the arrival OF
what is now in New York almost universally called
ae inn i, ,hero Spoppeh into seat While was walt;
laughter, some nasal snorts little exquisite fcml-
nine titterng, and then party OF four or five Ia
dies, In the usual evening condition Of shocking
nudity, came toward the stairs. Among them,
around them and in front Of them were various
best e., on mis- way TO supper-1nd In the very
heart OF the group was my old friend OF Seventeenth
street lie prancnd about in the midst OF the girls
win manner that was unquesionahly correct,
while they seemed convulsed at his witty salllcs.
When the ex.actor saw me he rushed over, with
rather startling effectiveness, and cried:
"Whah have you bean for n century. old chap7"
engineering around In the old ruts," said. "fm
'oln tnat hnc y9a 2 ~ have aye quit ,t, them"
regarding doefully; 81 have cut everyb right
and len, got In with now people. and though they
are at times appallngly stupd-whlch the old crowd
never was-I 1nd It goes pretty well. Iusedto think
was great thing to have every bar tender, walter,
to drink abslnihe before breakfas an ana m ale before
bedtime, to receive twenty kilograms day from
women OF the stage, to roll in clover one day. and
llte s more to my taste. How long II Will last do
not know, for confess that 1t has not escaped me
are those who follow society. it IL a curious sensa.
tion never to feel the slightest Interest In money
matters, and, strangely enough, 1t soon loses Its
charm When was poor was vastly pleased when
succeeded in nveigling tailor into trusting me
for observation-disclosures fur overcoat-you reinem-
ber It; the one that Sarony made picture Of me In.
For three years never wore thai coat without q
feeling OF delightful conceit-a sensation which 4
never experience nOw."
"DO YOU 30 In for amateur thcatrlcals at all?"
He waved his hand TO the party who were waiting
at the head OF the stairs and they trOoped down
without him. Then lie put his single glass surrep.
ti'iously In his pocket and said, without the slight
est trace of The aectation in his speech that he had
at nrst displayed:
"Amateur theatricals7 No. do not go in for
anything. III tell you my life. rise at nine, take
the od-ime plunge in the coolest water1 can get put
on my bath-robe, and 20 intOm my wifesdrcssngroOm
and there she and drink cup OF coffee together.
Sometimes she Is good-natured, but oftener she
mes INTO tears over some Internal slight that these
devlsh women here are always Offering her, or, to
be more accurate, which she thinks they are always
Offering her, for have come to the conclusion that
IN nine cases out of ten her grievances purely
Imaginary. Then go back. My man dresses me,
and at eleven O'Clock my wife, her sister. and
cigar In the library, take canter through the park
or 60 and play billiards with lot OF other stupid,
pushed TO Xiii time as am. At four return pnt
on frock coat, more clothes, go to ve.o'cock
tea, where the crush is snfTocaiDg ana the inanity
maddening, and at lve-.hirty drive through the
park with the missus. Then return to dinner
party at home. or dine ont, according as the pro-
gramme has been arranged. AT night there Is the
opera, or ball, and SO things go. rather think
ike 1t, but lord, how stupid the people are! meet
the same faces day after day aud honr after hour
anu over again. 1t Ia good. respectable easy life
and the sort OF n life gentleman should lead. j
ike. H. ami yet'-a long pause--"Where are you
going tO-nght?"
turned round and looked at him, and saw the
most discoDtcnted and unhappy face in the world.
marked.
~ do not live well as did In the old days. he
said stOlldly, "Or 1t does not as IL did Money
won't buy much when you come to analyze it, /
used to dine at DelmOnico's, had teadhead box at
the theatre, rafting supper with famous or
long, at cost of from fifteen to twenty dollars A
million dollars In gold Will buy no more In the way
the world, after all. and the man is fool who de-
ludes himself INTO The notion that he can buy any
more fun or happiness with the fortune OF Roths-
child than lie can with the hap.hazard earnings of
any decent calling, backed mp by reasonable popu.
larify and disposition OF cOnentment. why don't
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